Penguin (dinghy)

Penguin

Development
Designer	Philip Rhodes
Location	United States
Year	1939
No. built	10,000
Builder(s)	W. D. Schock Corp Jack A. Helms Co. Ron Rawson, Inc. Customflex Skaneateles Boat & Canoe Co.
Role	One design-racer
Name	Penguin
Boat
Crew	one
Displacement	140 lb (64 kg)
Draft	3.83 ft (1.17 m) with centerboard down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	wood or fiberglass
LOA	11.42 ft (3.48 m)
Beam	4.67 ft (1.42 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	centerboard
Rudder(s)	transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	cat rig
P mainsail luff	16.00 ft (4.88 m)
E mainsail foot	8.67 ft (2.64 m)
Sails
Sailplan	catboat
Mainsail area	69.36 sq ft (6.444 m2)
Total sail area	69.36 sq ft (6.444 m2)
Racing
D-PN	111.5
[edit on Wikidata]

The Penguin is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Philip Rhodes in 1933 as a one design racer for frostbite racing on the US east coast and first built in 1939.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}